Editorial Works

D. Abbott and Z.J. Lemnios (Eds.),
IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, Special Issue on High Speed Circuits,
Vol. 34, No. 9, 1999 .

D. Abbott, (Ed.)
"Overview: Unsloved problems of noise and fluctuations"
Chaos, Focus Issue on Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations,
Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 526-538, 2001. .

D. Abbott and B. Courtois (Eds.),
Microelectronics (Elsevier), Special Issue on Smart Electronics and MEMS,
Vol. 33, No. 1-2, 2002 .

Book Chapters

A. Yakovleff, A. Moini, A. Bouzerdoum, X.T. Nguyen, R.E. Bogner, K. Eshraghian and D.Abbott, "A micro-sensor based on insect vision," Natural and Artificial Compound Eye Sensors, (Ed: J. Sanders), SPIE Milestone Series, Vol. MS 122, pp. 671-680, 1996, ISBN: 0-8194-2183-9 .

P. Celinski, G.D. Sherman, J.F. Lopez and D. Abbott,
"A mapping technique for the synthesis of linear threshold gate networks used to implement Boolean functions,"
Advances in Neural Networks and Applications, (Ed: N.E. Mastorakis), World Scientific Engineering Society, pp. 224-228, 2001, ISBN: 960-8052-26-2 .

A. Allison, C.E.M. Pearce and D. Abbott, "State-space visualisation and fractal properties of Parrondo's games," Annals of the International Society on Dynamic Games, (Ed: A. Nowack), Birkhauser, 2002, (Submitted). .

J. Ng and D. Abbott, "Introduction to quantum games and a quantum Parrondo game," Annals of the International Society on Dynamic Games, (Ed: A. Nowack), Birkhauser, 2002, (Submitted). .

G.P. Harmer and D.Abbott, "Comparison of Parrondo's history-dependent and capital-dependent games," Annals of the International Society on Dynamic Games, (Ed: A.Nowack,) Birkhauser, 2002, (Submitted). .

P. Celinski, S. Al-Sarawi, D. Abbott and J.F. Lopez,
"A family of low depth, threshold logic, carry lookahead adders,"
Advances in Systems Theory Mathematical Methods and Applications, (Eds: A. Zemliak and N.E. Mastorakis), World Scientific Engineering Society,
pp. 105-107, 2002, ISBN: 960-8052-61-0 .

P. Celinski, S. Al-Sarawi, D. Abbott and J.F. Lopez,
"A compact (m,n) parallel counter circuit based on self-timed threshold logic,"
Advances in Systems Theory Mathematical Methods and Applications, (Eds: A. Zemliak and N.E. Mastorakis), World Scientific Engineering Society,
pp. 169-172, 2002, ISBN: 960-8052-61-0 .

P. Celinski, T. Townsend, S. Al-Sarawi, D. Abbott and J.F. Lopez,
"A compact parallel multiplication scheme based on (7,3) and (15,4) self-timed threshold logic counters,"
Advances in Systems Theory Mathematical Methods and Applications, (Eds: A. Zemliak and N.E. Mastorakis), World Scientific Engineering Society,
pp. 173-177, 2002, ISBN: 960-8052-61-0 .
 

Journals

D. Abbott, S. Cui, K. Eshraghian and E. McCabe,
"Photovoltaic gate biasing edge effect in GaAs MESFETs,"
Electronics Letters, (IEE) Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 1900-1902, 1991. .

D. Abbott, B.R. Davis, N.J. Phillips and K. Eshraghian,
"Simple derivation of the thermal noise formula using window-limted Fourier transforms,"
IEEE Trans. Education, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 1-13, 1996. .

A. Moini, A. Bouzerdoum, K. Eshraghian, A. Yakovleff, X.T. Nguyen, A. Blanksby, R. Beare, D. Abbott and R.E. Bogner,
"An insect vision-based motion detection chip,"
IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 279-284, 1997. .

J.F. Lopez, K. Eshraghian, R. Sarmiento, A Nunez and D. Abbott,
"GaAs pseudodynamic latched logic for high performance processor cores,"
IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 32, No. 8, pp. 1297-1303, 1997. .

D. Abbott, B. Davis, B. Gonzalez, A. Hernandez and K. Eshraghian,
"Modelling of low power CW laser beam heating effects on a GaAs substrate,"
Solid-State Electronics (Pergamon), Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 809-816, 1998. .

S.F. Al-sarawi, D. Abbott and P.D. Franzon,
"A review of 3-D packaging technology,"
IEEE Trans. Components, Packaging, and Manuf. Tech., Part B: Advanced Packaging,
Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 2-14, 1998. .

G.P. Harmer and D. Abbott,
"Losing strategies can win by Parrondo's paradox,"
Nature (London), Vol. 402, No. 6764 p. 864, Dec. 1999. .

P. Celinski, J.F. Lopez, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott,
"Complementary neu-GaAs structure,"
Electronics Letters, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 424-425, 2000. .

J. Xu, D. Abbott and Y. Dai,
"The study on a screening threshold for reliability estimation of optoelectronic coupled devices,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 31, No. 7 pp. 497-502, Jul. 2000. .

S. Mickan, D. Abbott, J. Munch, X-C Zhang and T van Doorn,
"Analysis of system trade-offs for terahertz imaging,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 31, No. 7 pp. 503-514, Jul. 2000. .

J. Xu, Y. Dai and D. Abbott,
"A complete operational amplifier noise model: analysis and measurement of correlation coefficient,"
IEEE Trans. Circuits and Systems--I:Fundamental Theory and Application ,
Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 420-424, 2000. .

G.P. Harmer, D. Abbott and P.G. Taylor,
"The paradox of Parrondo's games,"
Proc. Royal Society London A, Vol. 456, pp. 247-259, 2000. .

A. Allison and D. Abbott,
"Some benefits of random variables in switched control systems,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 31, No. 7 pp. 515-522, Jul. 2000. .

G.P. Harmer and D. Abbott,
"Simulation of circuits demonstrating stochastic resonance,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 31, No. 7 pp. 553-560, Jul. 2000. .

P. Celinski, D. Abbott, S.F. Al-sarawi and J.F. Lopez,
"Novel extension of neu-MOS techniques to neu-GaAs,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 31, No. 7 pp. 577-582, Jul. 2000. .

L.T. Hall, J.L. Maple, J. Agzarian and D. Abbott,
"Sensor system for heart sound biomonitor,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 31, No. 7 pp. 583-592, Jul. 2000. .

S. Al-sarawi, N. Burgess, W. Marwood, P. Atanackovic and D. Abbott,
"Very high speed differential optoelectronic algorithmic ADC using n-i(MWQ)-n SEED technology,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 31, No. 7 pp. 593-604, Jul. 2000. .

M.L. Perkins, S.J. Hill, S.P. Mickan, D. Abbott, J. Munch and T. van Doorn,
"Review of tradeoffs for quenched avalanche photodiode sensors for imaging turbid media,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 31, No. 7 pp. 605-610, Jul. 2000. .

J.M.R. Parrondo, G.P. Harmer and D. Abbott,
"New paradoxical games based on Brownian ratchets,"
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 85., No. 24, pp. 5226-5229, Dec. 2000. .

P. Celinski, J.F. Lopez, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott,
"Low power, high speed, charge recycling CMOS threshold logic gate,"
Electronics Letters, Vol. 37, No. 17, pp. 1067-1068, 2001. .

L.B. Kish, G.P. Harmer and D. Abbott,
"Information transfer rate of neurons: stochastic resonance of Shannon's information channel capacity,"
Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. L13-L19, 2001. .

B. Ferguson and D. Abbott,
"Wavelet de-noising of optical terahertz pulse imaging data,"
Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. L65-L70, 2001. .

P. Celinski, J.F. Lopez, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott,
"Low power, high speed, charge recycling CMOS threshold logic gate,"
Electronics Letters, Vol. 37, No. 17, pp.1067-1069, 2001.

A. Allison and D. Abbott,
"Control systems with stochastic feedback,"
Chaos, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 715-724, 2001. .

G.P. Harmer, D. Abbott, P.G. Taylor and J.M.R. Parrondo
"Brownian ratchets and Parrondo's games,"
Chaos, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 705-714, 2001. .

B.R. Davis, D. Abbott and J.M.R. Parrondo
"Thermodynamic energy exchange in a moving plate capacitor,"
Chaos, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 747-754, 2001. .

S. Messer and D. Abbott,
"Optimal wavelet denoising for phonocardiograms,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 32, No. 12, pp. 931-941, Dec. 2001. .

 B. Ferguson and D. Abbott,
"De-noising techniques for terahertz responses of biological samples,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 32, No. 12, pp. 943-953, Dec. 2001. .

 G.P. Harmer and D. Abbott,
"Motion detection and stochastic resonance in noisy environments,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 32, No. 12, pp. 959-967, Dec. 2001. .

 J. Ng and D. Abbott,
"Introduction to solid state quantum computation for engineers,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 33, No. 1-2, pp. 171-177, Jan-Feb. 2002. .

 D. Abbott,
"Optical MTF and quantum efficiency analysis in a finite slab,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 33, No. 1-2, pp. 1161-170, Jan-Feb. 2002. .

 A. Allison and D. Abbott,
"A MEMS Brownian ratchet,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 235-243, Mar. 2002. .

 L.T. Hall, H. Hansen and D. Abbott,
"Design and simulation of a high efficiency Rotman lens for mm-wave collision avoidance sensor,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. 33, No. 1-2, pp. 153-159, Jan. 2002. .

 A. Allison and D. Abbott,
"Stochastic resonance in a Brownian ratchet,"
Fluctuation and Noise Letters (Elsevier), Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. L239-244, Dec. 2001. .

 G.P. Harmer, B.R. Davis and D. Abbott
"A review of stochastic resonance: circuits and measurement,"
IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 299-309, Apr. 2002. .

 S.P. Mickan, D. Abbott, J. Munch and X-C. Zhang
"Noise reduction in terahertz thin film measurements using a double modulated differential technique,"
Fluctuation and Noise Letters (Elsevier), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. R13-R28, Mar. 2002. .

 A.P. Flitney and D. Abbott
"Quantum version of the Monty Hall problem,"
Physical Review A, Vol. 65, 062318, 2002. .

G.P. Harmer and D. Abbott,
"A review of Parrondo's paradox,"
Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. R71-R107, 2002. .

P. Celinski, J.F. Lopez, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott,
"Compact parallel (m,n) counters based on self-timed threshold logic,"
Electronics Letters, Vol. 38, No. 13, pp. 633-635, 2002. .

B. Ferguson, S. Wang, D. Gray, D. Abbott and X-C Zhang,
"T-ray computed tomography,"
Optics Letters, Vol. 27, No. 15, pp. 1312-1314, 2002. .

D. Abbott,
"Modulation transfer function and quantum efficiency in thin semiconductor photodetectors,"
Electronics Letters, Vol. 38, No. 16, pp. 907-909, 2002. .

M. McDonnell, D. Abbott and C.E.M. Pearce,
"Characterization of suprathreshold stochastic resonance in an array of comparitors by correlation coefficient,"
Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. L205-L220, 2002. .

Y. Lee, A. Allison, D. Abbott and H.E. Stanley,
"Minimal Brownian ratchet: and exactly solvable model,"
Phys. Rev. Lett., 2002 (Submitted) .

B. Ferguson, S. Wang, D. Gray, D. Abbott and X.-C. Zhang,
"Identification of biological tissue using chirped probe THz imaging,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. xx, No. x, pp. xxx-xxx, 2002 (In Press). .

M.D. McDonnell, D. Abbott and C.E.M. Pearce,
"An analysis of noise enhanced information transmission in an array of comparators,"
Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier), Vol. xx, No. x, pp. xxx-xxx, 2002 (In Press). .

B. Ferguson, S. Wang, D. Gray, D. Abbott and X.-C. Zhang,
"Toward functional 3D T-ray imaging,"
Physics in Medicine and Biology (IOP), Vol. 47, pp. 3735-3742, 2002. .

S.P. Mickan, A. Menikh, H. Liu, C.A. Mannella, R. MacColl, D. Abbott, J. Munch and X.-C. Zhang,
"Label-free bioaffinity detection using terahertz technology,"
Physics in Medicine and Biology (IOP), Vol. 47, pp. 3789-3795, 2002. .

 A.P. Flitney, J. Ng and D. Abbott
"Quantum Parrondo's games,"
Physica A, Vol. xx, pp.xx-xx, 2002 (In Press). .
 
 

Refereed Conferences

P. Celinski, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott,
"Delay analysis of neuron-MOS and capacitive threshold-logic,"
Proc. 7th IEEE Int. Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Jouneih, Lebanon, Dec. 2000, pp.932-935. .

P. Celinski, G.D. Sherman, J.F. Lopez and D. Abbott,
"A mapping technique for the synthesis of linear threshold gate networks used to implement Boolean functions,"
Proc. 2001 WSES Int. Conf., Neural Networks and applications (NNA), (Ed: N.E. Mastorakis) Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Feb. 11-15, 2001, pp. 4251-4255. .

P. Celinski, S. Al-Sarawi, D. Abbott and J.F. Lopez,
"Low depth carry lookahead addition using charge recycling threshold logic,"
Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2002), Vol. 1, Scottsdale, Arizona,  26-29th May  2002, pp. 469-472. .

A. Allison and D. Abbott,
"Stochastic resonance, Brownian ratchets and the Fokker-Planck equation,"
Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Unsolved Problems of Noise and fluctuations (UPoN'02), Publ: AIP, 2002 (In Press) .
 

Dr. Derek Abbott
EEE Dept
University of Adelaide
SA 5005, AUSTRALIA.

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